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Organized by International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID), Aliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria (AGRA), Institute for National and Democratic Studies (INDIES), IBON, RESIST!, Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN) Supporting organizations: Asian Peasant Coalition, AGRA, International Association of Peoples' Lawyers (IAPL), Water and Energy User's Federation (WAFED), Himalayan and Peninsular Hydroecological Network (HYPEN), Water for the People Network (WPN), National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL), Indonesian Women Coalition, E-net for Justice, GCAP Indonesia, UPLINK, FMN, Migrant Care, UPC/UPLINK, BanglaPraxis, Solidarity Workshop (International), Parivartan, Roots for Equity, Green Movement of Sri Lanka, Alliance of Indigenous People of Nusantara/Indonesia, VOICE, Forum on Women's NGOs in Kyrgzstan, ATKI Jakarta, SPHP, Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE), Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) The peoples in Asia Pacific will come together in Bali, Indonesia to unite, raise their voices and struggle against ADB and the IFIs and advance alternatives for genuine development.
Schedule of Activities
May 1- Labor Day
Nationally coordinated rallies in 30 cities in Indonesia
May 2-3- Asia Pacific Peoples' Tribunal on ADB
Venue: Udayana University Faculty of Medicine Auditorium
Kampus Bukit Jimbaran
Badung-BALI, INDONESIA
Telp. +62 (361) 701954, 704845 Fax: +62 (361) 701907
website: http://www.unud.ac.id
Time: 8:00-5:30 pm For a more detailed program: Please check www.aprnet.org
Testimonies/Themes | CSOs in Charge | Debt | - Expert Testimony by Sonny Africa of IBON on debt in Asia Pacific
| Water | - Victim testimony (video) of a Pakistani, c/o Roots for Equity, on the LBOD project
- Expert Testimony by Wali Haider of Roots for Equity Pakistan on the LBOD project
- Expert's Testimony by Anuj Sitoula of Water and Energy Users' Federation (WAFED) in Nepal, on Kaligandaki Hydropower and Melamchi Project
- Victim testimony (video) of a Nepalese c/o WAFED
- Expert testimony by Ahmed Swapan Mahmud of VOICE on Khulna Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project (KJDRP)and Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) Project in Bangladesh
- Expert testimony by Nurgul Djanaeva of the Forum on Women's NGOs in Kyrgzstan on ADB-funded water projects in Kyrgzstan (to be confirmed)
| Agriculture  | - Expert witness by Erpan Faryadi of AGRA/APC
- Indonesian victim testimony- Indonesian case study c/o AGRA
- Don Marut, INFID (expert witness)
Tree Crop Small-holder Sector Project (TCSSP) - Victim testimony c/o INFID
Tree Crop Small-holder Sector Project (TCSSP) | Women  | - Retno Diwi of ATKI Jakarta on the impact of ADB to women migrants in Indonesia
| IP Â | - Expert Witness by Jeanet Cawiding of Cordillera Peoples' Alliance on the CHARM Project in the Cordillera, Philippines
- Indonesian victim testimony c/o AMAN- Indonesian case study (to be confirmed)
| Environment | - Expert testimony from Suranjan Kodithuwakku, Sri Lanka on the impact to the environment in the Asia Pacific
| Governance | - Expert testimony by Hemantha Withanage of Centre for Environmental Justice on Strategy 2020 and ADB's institutional governance
| Education | - Victim testimony from E-net for Justice
| May 4- Regional Forum on the Economic and Financial Crisis
Venue: Udayana University Faculty of Medicine Auditorium
Kampus Bukit Jimbaran
Badung-BALI, INDONESIA
Telp. +62 (361) 701954, 704845 Fax: +62 (361) 701907
website: http://www.unud.ac.id
Time: 8:00-5:30 pm TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER | 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | Secretariat | 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome Remarks | Mr. Don Marut
Executive Director, INFID | 9:15 – 10:15 | Input: Global Financial and Economic Crisis: Causes and Solutions
Open Forum | Mr. Surin Pitsuwan (tbc)
Secretary General, ASEAN | 10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee Break             | | 10:30 – 12:00 | Inputs - The Failure of the Neo-Liberal Tradition and Global Economic and Financial Crisis
- Effects of the Financial Crisis on Selected Asian Nations
- What the People Can and Must Do to Respond to the Crisis
Open Forum | Mr. Antonio A. Tujan, Jr. Chairperson, Reality of Aid
Ms. Maita F. Gomez
Policy Officer, IBONÂ
Mr. Sonny Africa
Resist! | 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | | 13:00 – 13:15 | Organizing of and
Instructions for Workshop Groups | Facilitator | 13:15 – 15:30Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | Round Table DiscussionsÂ
Two-hour simultaneous workshops on two themes: - Impact of the financial crisis on the most vulnerable sectors in the region; and
- Alternative development and the strategy of civil society
RTD 1
Peasants
Women
Workers
Indigenous Peoples
Migrants
Urban Poor
Education
RTD 2
Alternative Development Strategies for Civil Society |
- APC, AGRA, Roots for Equity
- Indonesian Women's Coalition
- EILER, INDIES
- AMAN, CPA
- APMM, Migrant Care
- INFID, UPC /UPLINK
- ASPBAE and E-net for Justice
INFID | 15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee Break | | 15:45 – 17:00 | Workshop Reports and
Plenary Discussion | | May 5- Day of Action Against ADB (Speak Out Against ADB!)
Venue: Puputan Renon
Online registration for the said activities will start on April 6. To register and to access further information about the activities, please check the website www.aprnet.org
On how you can join or support the initiative, please contact Ava Danlog at:
actionweekADB09@aprnet.org
telefax +6329276981
telephone +6329277060 to 62 local 205
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